Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Indigo Bananas: Gods and Monsters

Gods and Monsters has a smattering of multichrome shifting flakies within a dark blackened jelly base. Much like I'd imagine a dragon egg would look.

xoxoJen's swatch of Indigo Bananas: Gods and Monsters

The effect is stunning! I wore two coats for opacity and the formula was smooth and easy to apply.

xoxoJen's swatch of Indigo Bananas: Gods and Monsters

Kind of reminds me of the highly sought discontinued polish, The Uptown, only the base is a different shade.

xoxoJen's swatch of Indigo Bananas: Gods and Monsters

I took some unusual angled photographs as an attempt to show off the shift. These really are just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. Gotta see this in person!

xoxoJen's swatch of Indigo Bananas: Gods and Monsters

I hope you've enjoyed the review - what is your favorite Indigo Bananas Polish?

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Ever After: Irish duo and a Peek at Spring

Ever After's Irish duo is unusual in the sense that it's not a green and gold duo but the colors of a good dark stout beer! I've created a sponged on gradient nail art look to mimic a tall glass of a dark Irish stout.

The blackened brown jelly is called The Good Stuff (opaque in two coats) and the sparkly sheer creamy shade is called Let It Settle. Underneath my gradient, I used a cream colored polish called Milky Ways.

xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Irish duo Nail Art
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Irish duo Nail Art
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Irish duo Nail Art

We see you spring time! The beginning of spring from Ever After is this polish called Peep Show, a sparkly pastel yellow akin to the color of a marshmallow peep! It is a softened shade, which I enjoy more than the sharp/bright shades of yellow. I wore two coats to reach opacity.

xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Peep Show
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Peep Show

I also shot a comparison of Peep Show and A Kiss Would Be Nice, Yes? to show the differences in the two polishes under the same lighting. I hope it's helpful!

xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Peep Show comparison

These polishes and the Princess Collection all launch tomorrow at 5pm Central. Are you ready?!

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Ever After: Princess Collection (First Edition)

Disney's iconic princesses serve as the inspiration for Ever After's exclusive collection of fairy tale nail polishes. Each of them aim to capture the essence of each Disney Princess: her grace, her sparkle and her legendary beauty. Begin your once upon a time adventure with the first three polishes of the series.

A Kiss Would Be Nice, Yes? - Zesty lime green filled with silver sparkle micro flakes and holographic rainbows. Inspired by Princess Tiana from the Princess and the Frog.

xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After A Kiss Would Be Nice, Yes?
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After A Kiss Would Be Nice, Yes?

A Whole New World With You - Princess Jasmine sports the hottest look in Agrabah, and you can too! This perfectly matched sea foamy blue polish is filled with sparkles and rainbows. Shining, shimmering, splendid! Are you ready for your magic carpet ride?

xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After A Whole New World With You
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After A Whole New World With You

Once Upon A Dream - A flirty rose shade, packed with silver shimmery flakes and holo rainbows. Inspired by the romantic love song Princess Aurora sang in Sleeping Beauty.

xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Once Upon A Dream
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Once Upon A Dream

I wore two coats of each polish, formula was smooth and easy to apply as I've come to expect with Ever After brand polishes. These were all quite dazzling with mirror-like shine and sparkle, just as a Princess should be!
Fantasy, romance and adventure await you! (Yeah, I know it's 'just' polish, but a gal can dream!)

Ever After is launching these in limited quantities along with several other new polishes on Friday March 4th at 5pm Central time.
Come back and visit me to see what else is launching Friday at Ever After!